NDA government sets up high level panel to amend green laws

Industry has been complaining that requirements set out under these laws have been hindering economic growth

Iron ore pelletisation units must seek green clearance: NGT

Environment ministry and pollution control boards to decide whether existing pelletisation units can continue functioning till they obtain clearance

Green tribunal orders state to restrict traffic around Kaziranga

Earlier this year, an expert panel had recommended construction of elevated roads to control animal deaths due to accidents

Green tribunal questions two-stage forest clearance for POSCO

Raises hope of residents, activists who have been opposing the clearance given to the project

‘Tribunal order staying development on Karnataka grasslands ignored’

Environment ministry asked to filed response on Amrit Mahal Kaval allotments by end of this month or pay penalty

Elephants unsafe in Odisha

Killing of five elephants in Saturday's train accident takes toll of unnatural deaths of jumbos in past five years up to 194

Mahan coal block gets clearance

Forest rights of Baigas scuttled to clear way to mine dense forest

MoEF withdraws draft amendments to solid waste management rules

Activists say amendments involve use of expensive, regressive and untested technologies for waste disposal

Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board revises its consent order to Kudankulam plant

Madras High Court had questioned the heat tolerance limit for effluent discharge

Ami’s dirty picture

The river Ami in district Gorakhpur, once known for its water that tasted as sweet as mangoes is today a receptacle of filth, sewage and …

MoEF accepts Western Ghats boundaries suggested by Kerala

Extensive lobbying by the Congress-led state may have led to the decision, it is believed

Green tribunal asks tough questions on Uttarakhand development

Issues show-cause notice to state government, environment ministry; seeks details on development plans, environmental impact studies, preventive …

Western Ghats: Kerala seeks more time from the Centre to remap ESAs

The maps show redefined ecologically sensitive areas in the 123 villages that were identified by K Kasturirangan committee on conservation of …

I was dropped because I stood for Western Ghats conservation: P T Thomas

P T Thomas, senior Indian National Congress leader and sitting Member of Parliament from Idukki Lok Sabha constituency, has been denied a ticket …

MoEF finally gets unit dedicated only to the Himalayas

Division was formally announced in September 2011 by the environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan

MoEF pulled up for flip-flop on tiger tourism

Government more worried about commercial activities being hit than safety of tigers: Supreme Court

Make all forest clearances public in 7 days: green tribunal to MoEF

'Environment ministry kept forest clearance to Demwe project in Arunachal secret to thwart legal action'

Green tribunal begins hearing appeal against POSCO steel plant

MoEF says its decision to grant clearance cannot be challenged

Western Ghats conservation now a poll issue in Kerala’s Idukki

Congress denies ticket to sitting MP P T Thomas, fields debutant

Proposed forest diversion rules may bind states to settle forest rights of tribal people first

Draft amendments to the Forest Conservation Act rules, however, do not make gram sabha consent mandatory for all projects

Ministries battle over applicability of Forest Rights Act

As development projects continue to receive Centre’s push, officials within the government fear that rights of tribal communities are …

Environment ministry rejects 2 Vidarbha irrigation projects

Construction work began without environmental clearance

CBI recovers Rs 1 crore from deputy director of environment ministry

Neeraj Kumar Khatri is technical officer whose opinion is considered by expert appraisal committee for grant of environment clearances

Forest Advisory Committee gets earnest about implementing forest diversion rules, finally

Clarifies that forest diversions will be allowed only if forest rights of affected people are settled and their consent obtained

Individual units in investment zones exempted from public hearing

New environment ministry policy says NMIZs need obtain only one time environmental clearance